BIODEGRADABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FIBRES
CONTENTS MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN THE DEGRADATION OF FIBERS BACKGROUND AND TERMINOLOGY INCUBATION CONDITIONS USED FOR STUDYING BIODEGRADATION OF FIBERS AND FILMS SOURCES OF MICROORGANISMS AND ENZYMES FOR LABORATORY INCUBATIONS ANALYTICAL METHODS USED TO ASSESS BIODEGRADATION OF FIBERS AND FILMS EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF BONDS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ENZYMATIC ATTACK FUTURE TRENDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES BAST FIBRES (FLAX, HEMP, JUTE, RAMIE, KENAF, ABACA) INTRODUCTION FLAX HEMP JUTE RAMIE KENAF ABACA COMPARISON OF FIBRE PROPERTIES REFERENCES ALGINATE FIBERS THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF ALGINATE MATERIALS PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ALGINATE-BASED MATERIALS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ALGINATES FABRICATION OF ALGINATES AS USEFUL FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES IN MEDICAL TEXTILE-BASED PRODUCTS ALGINATES IN BIOENGINEERING CELLULOSIC FIBRES AND FABRIC PROCESSING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) THE MECHANISMS OF ENZYMATIC REACTIONS ON WOOD AND CELLULOSE BIODEGRADABILITY OF CELLULOSE FIBRES IN TEXTILE BLENDS BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MANUFACTURE AND MODIFICATION OF CELLULOSIC FIBRES ENZYME APPLICATIONS IN FABRIC AND DYESTUFF PROCESSING HYGIENIC AND MEDICAL FIBRES FUTURE TRENDS LYOCELL FIBRES PROCESS DESCRIPTION LYOCELL SUSTAINABILITY LYOCELL FIBRE PROPERTIES LYOCELL IN TEXTILES LYOCELL – A VERSATILE, HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBRE FOR NONWOVENS MARKETING SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION POLY(LACTIC ACID) FIBERS CHEMISTRY AND MANUFACTURE OF PLA POLYMER RESIN PLA FIBER PROPERTIES APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY POLY(HYDROXYALKANOATES) AND POLY(CAPROLACTONE) PHA-BASED ORIENTED STRUCTURES POLY(CAPROLACTONE)-BASED FIBRES STRUCTURE OF DRAWN FIBRES THERMAL PROPERTIES ENZYMATIC AND HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION OTHER BIODEGRADABLE AND SUSTAINABLE POLYESTERS APPLICATION OF POLYESTER-BASED BIODEGRADABLE FIBRES FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUDING REMARKS THE ROUTE TO SYNTHETIC SILKS SILK STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT OF FIBRE: THE FEEDSTOCK DEVELOPMENT OF FIBRE: SPINNING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION BIODEGRADABLE NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES BIODEGRADABLE FIBERS BIODEGRADABLE RESINS SOY PROTEIN-BASED GREEN COMPOSITES CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS BIODEGRADABLE NONWOVENS NONWOVEN FABRICS FIBER CONSUMPTION IN NONWOVENS WEB FORMATION METHODS WEB BONDING TECHNIQUES TECHNOLOGY AND RELATIVE PRODUCTION RATE RECENT RESEARCH ON BIODEGRADABLE NONWOVENS APPLICATIONS OF BIODEGRADABLE NONWOVENS FLUSHABLE NONWOVENS LEADING PRODUCERS OF NONWOVENS SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADVICE NATURAL GEOTEXTILES FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF GEOTEXTILES FIBRES USED FOR NATURAL GEOTEXTILE PRODUCTS FIBRE EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GEOTEXTILE PRODUCTS MEASUREMENT OF THE PROPERTIES OF NATURAL GEOTEXTILES CONVERSION OF CELLULOSE, CHITIN AND CHITOSAN TO FILAMENTS WITH SIMPLE SALT SOLUTIONS CELLULOSE IN LIQUID AMMONIA/AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE SOLUTIONS FIBERS FROM CHITIN AND CHITOSAN SOYA BEAN PROTEIN FIBRES – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE THE SOYA BEAN PLANT NAMING REGENERATED PROTEIN FIBRES THE NEED FOR NEW FIBRE SOURCES GENERALISED METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOYA BEAN FIBRE IN THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH INTO ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN FIBRE SOURCES CONTEMPORARY METHODS FOR PRODUCING FIBRES FROM SOYA BEAN PROTEIN FIBRE CHARACTERISTICS IDENTIFYING SOYA BEAN PROTEIN FIBRES DEGRADATION BEHAVIOUR A TRULY BIODEGRADABLE AND ECOLOGICAL FIBRE? CONCLUSION